weeks.] PALEONTOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND MINERALOGY, 1895. 51 
2G5 Keyes (Charles Rollin). Superior Mississippian in western Mis- 
souri and Arkansas. 
Am. Geol., vol. xvi, pp. 86-91. 
Describes the distribution of the Mississippian series in the Missis- 
sippi Valley, and gives lists of fossils collected at different localities, 
which show that both the upper and lower portions of this series are 
represented in southwest Missouri. 
2G6 Stratigraphy of the Kansas coal measures. 
Am. Jour. ScL, 3d ser., vol. 1, pp. 239-243. 
Reviews the recently published opinions concerning the Kansas coal 
measures, describes the deposition of these beds in the western interior 
basin, and discusses the relations of the coal measure formations of Iowa, 
Missouri, and Kansas. 
267 Granitic rocks of Missouri. 
Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol. lx, pp. 516-517. 
Describes briefly the geographic distribution of granite in Missouri, 
and gives a classification of granitic rocks. 
268 Klotz (Otto J.). Experimental application of the phototopo- 
graphical method of surveying to the Baircl Glacier, Alaska. 
Jour, of Geol., vol. iii, pp. 512-518. 
Describes the methods employed, the general features of Baird Glacier, 
and the results that can be obtained in studying the motions of glaciers 
by this method. 
269 Knight (Wilbur C). Coals and coal measures of Wyoming. 
U. S. Geol. Surv., 16th Ann. Kept., part iv, pp. 208-215. 
Gives notes on the occurrence of coal in the Cretaceous strata of 
Wyoming in a paper, by E.W. Parker, on the "Production of coal in 1894." 
270 Knowlton (F. H.). A review of the fossil flora of Alaska, with 
descriptions of new species. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., Proc, vol. xvii, pp. 207-240, pis. ix. 
Gives a historical review of papers on the fossil flora of Alaska, a sys- 
tematic enumeration of species, with descriptions of a few new species 
and of others previously described, and a table showing the geologic 
and geographic distribution of the fossil flora of Alaska, with an expla- 
nation and discussion of the table and the age of the plant-bearing beds. 
271 Notes on the examination of a collection of inter-Glacial 
woods from Muir Glacier, Alaska. 
Jour, of Geol., vol. iii, pp. 527-532. 
Gives a list of the inter-Glacial woods, with brief megascopic de- 
scriptions. 
272 Report upon a small collection of fossil plants from Black 
Hills, near Belvidere, Kansas, collected by Prof. R. T. Hill 
in August, 1894. 
Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 1, pp. 212-214. 
Includes brief notes on the species collected. 
273 Report on a small collection of fossil plants from Poverty 
Hill and Monte Cristo mine on Spanish Peak, California, 
submitted by H. W. Turner, January, 1895. 
Am. Geol., vol. xv, pp. 377-378. 
Gives a brief report on the material and a list of the species determined. 
